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Column: Facebook users should not be surprised if company starts charging for features
When Facebook went public Friday, its initial public offering (IPO) gave investors the chance to own a piece of the massive social network via stocks. But with the development, the company is bound to change, and this time it’s not going to be just a revamped homepage.
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Column: Funding the fantastic
The stranger edges of science and technology are generally couched in the terms of the impossible, the unlikely, or at the very least the under-funded and thus considerably delayed.
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From Harvard beginnings, Facebook reaches huge IPO
The juggernaut social media website Facebook was once the property of four Harvard classmates. On Friday, it will now be shared not four ways but more than 421 million ways.
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Column: An IP address does not identify a particular person
There has been a war going on regarding downloading material from the Internet. Who is to blame for what alleged crimes regarding copyrighted material, user privacy and other matters stemming from the sharing of information in the Internet is a conflict not likely soon to be resolved.
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Column: Sex offender’s involvement in Ohio State recruiting a sign of the times
A registered sex offender in the state of Kentucky played a role in Ohio State’s 2013 football recruiting class. Bizarre? Yes. Disturbing? Absolutely. Surprising? No, not really. Let me explain.
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Column: #RacistTweets
There once was a time when an editor, an institution, and a financial incentive stood between any would-be pundit and publication.
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Column: ‘Revenge Porn’ site serves as an example of diminishing Internet privacy
Hunter Moore is a nasty piece of work, a man who is, to borrow from Gore Vidal, near perfect in his immorality. Or, if you generally prefer Margaret Thatcher’s words, Moore seemingly has a “positive aversion to principle.
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Column: Colleges taking interest in Pinterest shows they’ve evolved
Although many social networking sites are blocked in high schools, Pinterest is one that can be used for academic purposes, and schools should get on board.
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Column: Facebook users should be wary of company’s data mining
Some people are surprised that Facebook and most other popular social media services are provided for absolutely no cost to any of its 800,000,000 users. Facebook is quite satisfied with the current arrangement.